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August 2004, Vol 94, No. 8 | American Journal of Public Health 1304-1307
© 2004 American Public Health Association

COMMENTARY

Tracking Gender-Based Human Rights Violations in Postwar Kosovo

Sapna Desai, MS and Melissa J. Perry, ScD, MHS

At the time of writing, Sapna Desai was with the Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass. Melissa J. Perry is with the Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Melissa J. Perry, ScD, MHS, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 (e-mail: mperry{at}hsph.harvard.edu).

Four years have passed since the institution of the cease-fire in Yugoslavia, and questions remain as to how Kosovar women are faring in the country’s postwar reconstruction. Reports, albeit fragmented, suggest that violence against women began to increase in 1998 and 1999. This trend continued through 2001, even while rates of other major crimes decreased.

Despite considerable local efforts to address the conditions of women, there remains a lack of systematic data documenting the scope and frequency of violent acts committed against women. A centralized surveillance system focused on tracking human rights abuses needs to be established to address this critical need for empirically based reports and to ultimately guide reform efforts.






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